[a] A recreational-educational park that is accessible 365 days a year for hiking and picnicking, from sunrise to sunset.

Facilities include a restroom, pavilions, picnic areas, grills, public water supply, handicap trail to historical marker, and a hiking trail from base parking lot to the top of Cathedral Mountain and across the mesa to view the valley floor and Lone Peak Mountain.

Points of interest include land geography, geological formations, Selenite gypsum, scenery and wildlife.

In 1977, the state appropriated $125,000 to match $125,000 from the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund to buy 640 acres along U.S. Highway 412 for a public park.

In that year, representatives from the Tourism and Recreation Department met with local residents, who formed a conservancy to manage the park.